Production Engineer II

Yahoo Holdings Inc. in; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Yahoo is seeking a Production Engineer II to join the Finance team, focusing on enhancing infrastructure reliability and automation. The ideal candidate will have strong DevOps experience, a solid understanding of web technologies, and a passion for system performance optimization in a dynamic environment. This role offers a competitive salary and a flexible hybrid work option.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work options

Healthcare benefits

401k plan

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Qualifications

• 3 years in DevOps/PE/SRE roles, expertise in AWS, Java/Nodejs/Python/Go coding skills.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of UNIX/Linux system internals and networking.

Responsibilities

• Manage production environment and associated infrastructure at scale.
• Implement monitoring and automation to improve system reliability.
• Drive incident resolution and act on-call for system issues.

Skills

DevOps

AWS

CI/CD

Containerization

Web Technologies

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Splunk

ELK

Job description

Production Engineer II (Finance)

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

A little about us:

The Yahoo Commerce team's mission is to help our audience of 600M monthly active users discover and make informed decisions about products and services so they can save time and money. We primarily serve audiences who are in their shopping journeys across all Yahoo properties. We work directly with our partners to reach new audiences, gain new users, and drive GMV through leveraging our ecosystem of products and services.

The Production Engineering (PE/SRE/DevOps) team is the power behind engineering goodness for all above. By writing, designing and implementing software and infrastructure to drive velocity, operability, reliability and performance, the PE team ensures continuous quality and compliance on production systems. We also build and maintain tools and platforms for engineer productivity and are at the forefront of tech initiatives of infrastructure modernization with cloud platforms and experimenting with new technologies.

A Lot About You:

The Yahoo commerce team is seeking experienced DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure engineers with expertise in AWS and a strong knowledge of Web applications. If you are passionate about working in a dynamic environment and have the required skills, we would love to have you on board with us. Apply now to join our team!

We are looking for DevOps, Production Engineers (SRE's) who are problem solvers at heart, with solid ability to dig into code and own the reliability domain. As a member of the PE team, you will work with your developer partners and implement operability improvements, security, infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, monitoring and other system requirements. You will also work in development of tools, automation platforms and intelligent monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• Manage production environment at vast scale and their associated infrastructure and tools
• Support the operability roadmap to improve the availability, performance, scalability and efficiency of the services by implementing monitoring, automation, redundancy, capacity and business continuity planning
• Work on challenging system and network problems to improve system performance and reliability
• Implement and maintain monitoring to provide complete transparency to application and system state, history, trends and insights
• Participation in on-call rotation - drive incident resolution, live troubleshooting and impact mitigation

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
• At least 3 years experience in DevOps/ PE / SRE and Software Development roles
• At least 3 Years of experience in at least one of the web technologies like Apache, Jetty, Tomcat.
• At least a year of experience in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), cloud platforms like AWS
• Intermediate level of coding expertise in one or more language including Java, Nodejs, Python, or Go
• Experience with building CI/CD pipelines, git
• Deep understanding of UNIX/Linux system internals and tools for troubleshooting application stack dumps and networking
• Good knowledge of TCP/IP and networking

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Computer Science
• Experience in designing, managing large scale infrastructure in AWS EKS, AWS Open search, multi zone, multi region deployments.
• Experience working with IaC (ex. Terraform),
• Experience working with GitHub Actions
• Experience in ATS is a plus
• Experience with system reliability tools like Open telemetry, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK
• Experience with large data processing and storage solutions like Storm, Spark, Hadoop Map/Reduce, Pig, Oozie, REDIS, DynamoDB, Cassandra

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies ; exercising sound judgment ; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others ; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations ; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don't require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You'll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call +1.866.772.3182 . Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $111,000.00 - $231,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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